I've been hiking around in different areas of the woods behind my work lately. One of my favorite places has been marked off, "NO TRESPASSING." Before you judge, it wasn't me that inspired the signs. Some other folks whom I have not met have been enjoying my secret garden. I know this because they have been leaving behind large quantities of beer cans for some time now. In fact, they act as if it were their secret garden, leaving behind chairs and other trash as well.
The other day I was walking through and I came upon a blue tarp that was wrapped neatly around something. As you can see, even though they put this tarp behind a landscape wall, they didn't even do a very good job of hiding it. Anybody walking through the area could plainly see it, and who wouldn't be curious about what is under there? So, of course I checked under the tarp.
Sweet, these guys have gotten too lazy to carry all of their booze in and out of the woods. What do we have here, only a 5 minute walk from my desk at work? Ahhhh, half a bottle of rum, half bottle of tequila, plastic beer chugging tube with funnel, cups and beer pong balls. Hmmm, whatever could be in the cooler?
Beeeeeeerrrrr!!!! Cheap beer, hot beer, but potentially free beer. I swear, this is like a year's supply of cheap beer for me. As tempting as it was to load all this stuff up into my truck after work, alas, I'm a "nice" guy. I'm not going to deprive these messy, but creative folks of their good time. So, I wrapped everything back up as I found it and went back to work.
Now, in the course of time, a rain storm came and the creek below swelled with water. I could still get to area from work, but I surmise that the owners of the beer were cut off from their stash by the high water. I refrained for several days, walking by and seeing that the hidden treasure was undisturbed. There were a couple of days at work when I just wanted to carry a glass of ice and coke out there and at least enjoy some of that rum. But, I'm a "nice" guy and I'm not going to steal from somebody's supply like that.
Imagine my disappointment when I went out to the secret garden one day only to find a construction crew clearing brush and picking up trash. I wish I could have been there when they opened up that tarp. That must have been a nice surprise for them. I wonder if they were smart enough to hide the find from their boss. Oh well, the messy people taking over the secret garden didn't get to have their party, nor did I. And, now there are "No Trespassing" signs everywhere too. So, that's it, next time I find a pile of beer in the woods, it's going straight to my truck!
Sweet, these guys have gotten too lazy to carry all of their booze in and out of the woods. What do we have here, only a 5 minute walk from my desk at work? Ahhhh, half a bottle of rum, half bottle of tequila, plastic beer chugging tube with funnel, cups and beer pong balls. Hmmm, whatever could be in the cooler?
Imagine my disappointment when I went out to the secret garden one day only to find a construction crew clearing brush and picking up trash. I wish I could have been there when they opened up that tarp. That must have been a nice surprise for them. I wonder if they were smart enough to hide the find from their boss. Oh well, the messy people taking over the secret garden didn't get to have their party, nor did I. And, now there are "No Trespassing" signs everywhere too. So, that's it, next time I find a pile of beer in the woods, it's going straight to my truck!
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